Parkland Post-Production Blues

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Alright, this is the interview with this person supposedly during the active shooter event at Stoemann Douglas. The one on the left has been spliced with video and they changed the audio for some reason. They edited it or maybe this is the edited version. They're in about the same place. This one she goes on and gives her spiel. So these videos have all been edited. I can only surmise them from that. Okay, so she says, and that's that. There's a little smile, you know, they're supposedly in a code red situation, at least from what they reported back to the media. And CNN, that lady had told David how well we got to cut out the gruesome details and we're going to edit it and then we'll get back to you. But I don't remember seeing CNN's version of this, maybe it's out there. This is Watch TV and this one is I.B. Times UK. Storyful somehow is involved and I also noticed that the Alex Jones info wars seems to have copies as well. So we're going to look at where they spliced it now. And then here she goes on to this thing where she was going to go to Nexus and be a young NRA member. But now things are different. Change your mind. This is Alex view. This recording was taken at 932 February 14th, 2000. Now this video here is from this. Now I'm going to play this and have some questions about this guy's testimony too. Basically, this kid's telling Stefan Opelus that they, the cops came or swat or whatever and told the kids to run and they hadn't even caught the guy yet. Because this interview was supposedly at 320. They didn't know where this alleged shooter was at that time and they're also walking kids through the kill zone. Because the police radio said stay away from building 12 and 1300. This is building 12 and the other one is building 3. Building 7 is over at the quad, which is that way. They're going towards the parking lot and towards, you know, basically the fresh one, what they call the fresh one parking lot right here. They're going here. I heard a literally rail time on my door. I saw it and I like literally heard the shots. And then this is the corner where they're sitting up a triage drill. This is a triage drill. You see people walking into the ambulances. You don't see coach VICE who was supposedly done down protecting students somewhere either outside or inside depending on who you talk to. We'll get to that later. And there was three people dead. Two, two right outside my door. Three people dead outside your door inside the high school. Three people dead, I think, in total, two outside my door. And they got a bicycle or how did she get through the police barrier? Outside your door. I love this guy. He shows up with the bag. Hey, what's going on? Yeah, Joe. Well, go ahead and get your clipboard. Let's see. We got gloves. We got this guy. He's got, once this on his arm to protect him from the dog. They play these drills. They might have two or three going out at the same time. But, you know, I wonder if they're taking a look at this post action here with this out. This, Alex, you recording is taking a 932. You know, who went and spliced that over the live footage so that people. Why would he interviewing Alex view at 930, which was supposedly the fire drill where they all went outside and they weren't in the closet? So those are just questions that people, you know, are wondering and, you know, getting their YouTube channel shut down for. Just a question. You know, but go ahead. So, so, so you heard the shots about how many shots did you hear? To many of the talent. Did it sound like automatic weapons fire like a machine gun? It's kind of more like a pit store like a shotgun more than a machine gun. Did you hear any talking by this year? No, I just heard screaming from people obviously in the shot and you're maybe even people dying. That's what I heard. So this was you say right outside your door. What did you do once you heard the shots where you locked inside that room? Yes, the door was locked and all the students got low to the ground. We went to the other side of the room where the door was empty and through the door and all roughly 20 students in the box were. Just didn't want to get with my teacher. So you're sitting underneath the desk where you're able to barricade the door? No, we didn't have enough time. But fortunately, one of the teachers that is very strictly enforcing the locked door policy with my school is buying the first instance in a bit like this happens. But they've been buying the second instance and incident like this happening for now over a couple months. So you've had drills drills for a shooting situation like this in the past? Not any drills but information code on that. And actually right when we came back from winter breaks, so not even a month ago following us about what we should do in the basement and it's going to like this where to ever happen. And about it, it's now 320. Do you know about what time this happened? What time you heard those shots? So at around 220 to 25, when it started and I think probably ended around 230 police were at a door by 245. So that's about 25 minutes right there. This is still being described as an active shooter situation. Have you been told anything about the shooter where he or she might be? No. And you're still in the classroom? No. We have police in the base, in the school and you're taking out safely to be evacuated. And fortunately my father was there to pick me up in the moment and I got delivered as far as evacuated to my house where I'm not right. So you're at your house right now. So you're safe right now. Do you have any idea how many people were left in the school when you left? About 200, maybe even close to a couple thousand. Because there's about 3,000 people in the high school, right? Yes. Maybe even more. And there was definitely, we were the first ones out. We were the closest to the parking lot. And could you tell me when first shots were taken? When you say the first shots were in the parking lot. Like no, we're near us. We're close to the parking lot. The first shots as far as you know were inside the school. And outside you said you saw two bodies right outside the door of your classroom. Yes. Yes. Where's your evacuating? I saw two dead bodies. Do you have any idea where the shooter went after that? I heard calls coming from a choir next door to us and then a couple more down and then after that I heard footsteps above us in the second floor. And then some Mary can't tell you how. And then you say the police got there about 25 minutes after the shooting began. Can you estimate it all? You said there were too many shots to count as well. Can you estimate it all for how long the shooting went on about how many minutes? I say maybe close to like three and a half or four minutes from what I could hear from where I could hear. Right. But the shooter was very far as you could tell was also moving. Yes. Have you been in contact with any of your friends from inside the school? No, I haven't had the talk. I seen it. I get out and I saw some of my friends. It was one of the most emotional times I've ever experienced in my life to catch and make sure my friends are so safe. And as I was on the way home, I was checking my phone and I just eat. Like so many messages of people just acting and calling and as we're on the phone now people are just calling and calling. And I'm pretty sure a lot of my friends are safe. You think most of your friends are safe? Did you know the students you found you saw outside your classroom? The victims? You know the victims outside your classroom? No, I didn't think it a good look. We're watching. This is still a live picture. We're still seeing more of the students evacuated right now. People walking out with their hands up. It sounds like your teacher knew what to do in the moment. Yes. And I don't know if you've been able to see the text from any of your classmates from anybody else at the school. Have you picked up any more information from those texts from your classmates? Any other information about possible injured or victims? I've gathered a couple of people I know for sure are injured. And I guarantee there's two dead. I was in the floor. I was evacuated. I also know that one of my close family friends had blown all over them. Why were they going back the other way? I noticed with these groups that they all seem to have someone in the yellow shirt and someone with a red shirt on. So I wonder if that's significant. I can't tell you the name. I can't think of it in the moment. I'm sorry, everybody. I'm sorry. You're all big. And you may not know the answer to this, but could you tell if it was one or more than one shooter? Um, I honestly can't believe that. I have no idea. Where were all the parents lined up to get kids? I mean, isn't this where where the buses go? How come there's no buses? Cars lined up to get their kids, which they would have been if this was at 220. This was it 240. You know, if you want to get in line, you got to get there. You know, so I guess the police already had it blocked off maybe or maybe was this the same day, really? I mean, they. I don't think it was multiple. Anything is probably small number one or two. And you know that the shooter continued to go through. We heard shots from other parts of the school, but, but obviously did not come into your classroom. You never saw the shooter walk by your classroom. No, I do not have an appearance on what you look. Because you were down on the ground. Well, Michael, thanks very much. That was very helpful. I was still on the loose. They're letting kids go telling them some of them to run and some of them to walk in a line. Doesn't make any sense to me. I couldn't find this exact bit. So I don't know. Know what this is from. But there's more questions with this as usual. Every time I look at this. I'm going to let you get back to your friends and classmates right now. I hope we can call you back if you pick up any new information. But thank you very much. We are glad you're safe. And we're hoping for the best for your classmates and schoolmates. I want to bring in Brad Gertis. You're looking at live pictures there, Broward County, Florida, where there is an active shooter. And Marjorie Stoneman does this high school. Those are students being let out of this high school, about 3,000 in the school we know, and one of the eyewitnesses that this shooting unfolded around 220 p.m. They're northeast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to Marcats, who is on the scene, the shooting went on for several minutes. Before police were able to arrive, police on the scene right now escorting students out. Going to bring in Brad Gertis, FBI Special Agent, it does appear Brad, according to what Marcats was telling us that they were pretty well trained in this school, perhaps preventing even worse bloodshed, but this looks like a very serious incident. I think there's no question about how serious it is, George. And yes, training does save lives, even if you don't have active drills, if you at least let the kids in particular the faculty. See, that doesn't make sense. They're hiding behind the building here, unless this is previous. The shooter is supposedly still out, the alleged shooter. But they're letting kids go right through the kill zone. Why didn't they direct them the other way? No, exactly what to do. Going back to the three words of run-hide fight, particularly the first two, run and hide, definitely get people away from the shooter and make it more difficult for him to get to you. Right, and they say it does sound like that was far. We are seeing evacuations continue now, about an hour after the initial shooting. And this is the facility of Vega at the White House President has been briefed. George, yes, just a few minutes ago we did hear from White House Deputy Press Secretary Terry Lindsay Walters who told us that President Trump, who is here at the White House right now, has been briefed on the... It's another looping the video. So when he says they're alive, does that mean that the broadcast is live? Now this has brought up a lot of questions too, with them loading stuff into this truck. I don't know how much you can see from this video. One of the moms here in the pink, I swear I've seen her before somewhere. But let's see what this truck is. It's down the truck video. Down, they're, you know, they're plaring the building. I just don't know, but keep in mind that most school shootings are five minutes or less. Even, I mean, Sandy Oaks is less than five minutes. And that does track what we heard from Michael Katz right there. He thought it went on for about four to six minutes is what he said. Okay, Brad, thanks very much. I want to go down to our affiliate, WPLG, on the scene there in South Florida. They have been speaking to some of the victims of witnesses. I was the last conversation that I would just say she was okay. Yes, yes, we keep talking. The family keeps texting her and she's texting back. Thank God. Are you going to leave? I'll be relieved when she comes out. And I can give her a hug. But all the kids are out. Are you related to? No, no. Just this matter. This matter. Do you have a daughter or son? Yes, well, I'm a great daughter. I'm afraid everybody's going to hold them. Yes, she's okay. What did they tell you? She's locked in the auditorium. So there's still a long campus as well. But in the shoot, you have anybody going to hold a vinyl cloak out here and not anybody going to hold their parents? Just keep praying. You have a child that goes to the hospital. Yes, she's texting me right now. She keeps saying that she keeps telling me to stay away. I swear if she was at Sandy Hook. Wasn't she one of the parents from Sandy Hook? I got to look and find this. But I don't know how much they're going to show of the truck here. So I'm going to just play a little bit more of this. But basically the questions were, who edited this audio and video onto this tape? You know, at what point was that done? Was that just for a different market? It was an 18. Alex, are you okay with me recording this? Yes, I am okay with you recording this. I personally have... This was also at the beginning of the ABC video. I was really worried about the gun rights and not necessarily less control. But this experience has definitely changed my view. I wanted to be a Jew and I remember I wanted to learn how to hurt. I was always fascinated by guns as a young girl. But this experience was so traumatizing to the point right now. I can't even fathom the idea of a gun in my house or on my bodice. I did have plans for my 18th birthday to go to Nexus Gun Range and learn how to shoot. But at this point, I don't even want to be behind a bullet. Because I don't want to be the person to point a bullet at someone. And to have the bullet pointed at me, my school, my classmates, my... So maybe they just edited the 932 audio out of this one then. This is the same person. But this experience has definitely changed my view. I wanted to be a Jew and I remember I wanted to learn how to hurt. I was always fascinated by guns as a young girl. But this experience was so traumatizing to the point right now. I can't even fathom the idea of a gun in my house. I did have plans for my 18th birthday to go to Nexus Gun Range and learn how to shoot. But at this point, I don't even want to be behind a bullet. Because I don't want to be the person to point a bullet at someone. And to have the bullet pointed at me, my school, my classmates, my teachers, my mentors. So basically they didn't either did not edit out where he said 932 or they added that from somewhere else. And then this one maybe they just edited out the 932. So perhaps that was a glitch on their part. Or maybe they did it deliberately just to drive those conspiracy nuts crazy here. And to make more tinfoil hats, who knows. He saved mom, you stay away. And I'm telling her, no, Crystal, I'm your mother, I'm not staying away. How did you get word of what was going on out here? I was actually at the nail salon and I saw him break through on TV. It said Stoman Douglas High School. So my god, that's my daughter's high school. And I ran home and turned the news on. And then my husband said, maybe you should go see if you can, you know, because they were letting some of the students out, but she's still in there. Were you able to get a hold of her right away or did it take some time? She had texted me pretty, I would say fairly close to when it started happening. She said she's scared, she heard the gunshots. And she says, I don't want to go to school tomorrow, mom. And I said, don't worry about it. So did she tell you if she knew of anyone that had been injured or any other. Don't worry about it. Well, I'll have to come back with the pickup truck thing. It looks like they're just kind of looping the same video over and over. And you'd probably seen the piles of backpacks. But this building here looks pretty old. There's some teachers who were complaining about leaks. As you can see, with the students moving out, they're trying to get them away from the area. And also seeing first responders on the scene treating some of the injured. Also, those police going through that, those piles of bags outside the school. What can you tell us about that? Well, that's clearly a concern that there could be explosive devices, pipe bombs, what have you. And the question is, has there been some type of explosion already, which is causing that concern? But we've seen these types of situations have at B times where somebody tries to build a pipe bomb. Sometimes they go off, sometimes they don't. It's interesting that you bring that up because, according to the first eyewitness we spoke with Michael Katz, described several minutes of shooting. But also said the first thing he heard was something that sounded like a garbage truck back firing or crashing. And that could potentially be the start of the situation where the shooter or shooters may have decided let's start with an explosion, a pipe bomb blast, which will be a diversion. And then as people are running away, then they start shooting that classic tactic that a lot of these action shooters do. They create a diversion and the issue is people are running around. And that's terrible. That's part of this type of tragedy. Well, that doesn't make any sense either. There's a pipe bomb in the bag. And why are they creating the kids next to it? Getting a lot of information from inside the school, from police or others on the scene. It is the fact that we haven't heard about hostages from the police or any kind of negotiations. What does that tell you and is it any kind of real confirmation that it hasn't happened? Well, what it is that the police have not yet had contact with the shooter. They may have the shooter contained, but they may not actually know where that shooter is. It's also possible that the shooter finished what the shooter was intended to do. And it's now the police to come in, either take the hostage or die by cop or commit suicide. There are a lot of different things that these types of action shooters. I'm sure that this conversation is just putting parents and ease there. I'm going to get on with the. I wanted to talk about this kid. And his testimony here with the coach vice. As the coach of the football team, I understand that you actually saw the coach maybe seconds before he passed away or at some point during this tragedy. Tell us about that. As I was listening to the gunshots fired, I looked to my left to see if I could see the shooter possibly. And I did see coach vice on his golf cart headed towards the freshman building. So he was going to help people. Yes, man. He was very selfless. I was wanted to help somebody. His story is so powerful. Colton, you know, you talk about a mindset. After you put those Kevlar. The coach vice on his golf cart headed towards the freshman building. So he was going to help people. Yes, man. He was very selfless. I was wanted. Okay. So he said the. He was taking his part. And they talk about the Kevlar blankets again. That's I heard that this morning. I've seen a couple of news reports from other news stations, but I've also heard a little bit from my football coach. I would describe him to me. Coach vice was very selfless. He put himself. He put himself after other people. He graduated from Douglas in 1999. And ever since that, he became a security guard in the football coach. And he's been here since he graduated. He was always friendly, always approachable. You can always come up to coach vice and talk to him. If you ever needed a talk to someone. I did see him. Well, from where I was. Dude, he was running towards the gunshots. And I did have a friend that he said he saw him shield three. So this is all hair say except he said he saw coach vice running. So was he running or was he in a golf court? Because the other. Sun sent no reported. The kid named Chris McKenna told them he saw the shooter floor to loading his gun or whatever. Running back. And I got right over to the coach vice coach vice drove him in a golf cart to the baseball field. Dropped them off. Dropped back in the golf cart to the freshman building. Meantime he's telling the story about the Kevlar. Like it. And also something kind of interesting here about the supposed killer. Trouble. Social media accounts. Shows him. Barnishing weapons. I mean, what do you guys know of him in the school? I had him freshman year. You had him in the freshman year? I had him in the GROTC. My GROTC program. He was in the other classroom. And I also had him in my marksmanship team. What we used to use as the cover. I didn't really know him. I just knew that he would come into the class. He wouldn't say anything to anybody. Just do what he was told. And then leave. He never really had like a full conversation with anybody. He was very standoff fish. And I always do that flag that he was capable of something. But I never knew exactly what it was. And after yesterday, it definitely shows what you was capable of. In the school. Student of mine. I had him freshman year. You had him in the first year. I had him in GROTC. My GROTC program. He was in the other classroom. And I also had him in my marksmanship team. What we used to use as the cover. So as you talk about the Kevlar covers again. Is it first? I was like, what do you mean cover? Now, keep in mind, this interview is at the top of an, um, they're at an overpass. This is where they blocked off. I think it's coral springs. And this is, um, they're like under a bridge. And they're at the top of this embankment of this overpass. And you can see the school over here. I guess they're trying to see what's going on over there. Um, so these kids, they have these anticoats. Or anecdotal stories. Um, but back to the Kevlar blankets. All and stacking them in a corner, which is very strange, considering it's an active crime scene, go ahead and roll that clip. And after all that, we finally got out. And like, they started yelling at us to keep both of the subparations in the head. So, Army. Because they didn't want us to see the bodies that they gave to the corners. And we're putting hats open on so we're going to see them. So she's saying that the Army people were telling them to look forward. So they couldn't see the bodies they hid in the corner. But they were covering with mats. And after all that we finally got out. And like, they started yelling at us to keep both of the subparations in the head. So, Army. Because they didn't want us to see the bodies that they gave to the corners. And we're putting hats open on so we're going to see them. But there was dust all over the corner around us. Basically, I was just in my biology class. And of course, this folks wouldn't be complete without Anakin Dean. Who says she was working nearby as an art teacher at an local elementary school in Brown County. Who's early release that day, February 14. And her kid was texting her. We have her in a drill. No, it's not a drill. It's for real. The other ROTC guys said they had formation. So, I wonder what his company commander would say about this uniform. I'm not sure what the shirt says. But she, of course, was at the faked shooting. Santiago was pointing the gun in the opposite direction of the people. The people were at the luggage. He was shooting towards the window in the surveillance video. So that was an utter fail. And the drill went off. And we all thought it was a fire drill. So we started getting out and then I heard some shots and I pretty started running. We just hit me and the drill just started. And I was pretty scared. It was a very scary situation. You didn't really know what was going on. I thought it was a drill at first. Last year, you know, I was in the middle of the quarterback. I was sitting there. So when he texted me on lockdown, he told me that there was a drill going on shooting through. It seemed like everyone ever knew this character's necklace bridge. Absolutely. Did you know it? Yes. Briefly, obviously we weren't friends, but we existed within the same GRTC program. Okay. So he was there a freshman year. So he would have graduated in 2017 then maybe. And not sure how they all ran into each other for different years, but. This one though, I thought this was the smoking gun. But you know, you discern for yourselves. I thought that this looked like they were practicing for this event. When you see the footage from inside the school. And then you see their little video. You just have to wonder, you know, how involved were they? This TV production crew. I do as close as I can. I'm just wondering what this was. They take a video? Thank you. All right, it's all good. Never recorded vertically. Everyone was making out and gardening. Warren, don't even fucking talk. This is a blowy boss. I fucking suck you dick right now. I'm gonna be boy. You're funny, go. You're a radical teacher. You know, the teacher's unions were behind those kids. The Brown School Board, according to Emma Gonzalez, had asked her to give a speech. So they had to have seen all these videos. There's a teacher who was big in the meetings before they went back to school. No! I'm gonna kick my fucking child off the table. I'm gonna kick my fucking child off the table. The day is Brandon. Brandon actually meets Swart. Hi Brandon. What a beautiful day. I'm gonna take you getting it all together. And then I'll sing several things together. All hell jelly dead. Oh! Oh! What a beautiful day. And I never want to. I don't know. I got it on video. Welcome to Ginger Bird Effect. This kid's having fun, right? No, put it on the... oh, it's gonna start. Okay, take your press. No, put it on the table. No! Go! Go! I'm gonna put it on the table. That's so funny. Anyway, I thought that looked a lot like the footage they showed of the inside of the classroom. Now this is mostly, it looks like Info Wars. Info Wars, I don't know if they have strikes on their YouTube. Oh, this part's great right here though. This is from a channel called Patrick Henry. I mean, I wish you could talk about whether the shooter had a gas mask on or not. I didn't hear a comment on that. Well, let me give you some new information. The gunman was wearing a gas mask and had smoke grenades. He then went and activated the alarm system. The killer never was in possession of a gas mask or any type of smoke grenades. We did recover a Bella Klava, which for those of you who might not know, it's just a face mask with ice slits. I was about two feet away from my door, all of a sudden I heard gunshots in the stairwell, which is about 20 feet away from my room. And then kids were screaming, and then I suddenly saw the shooter, about 20 feet from me, standing at the end of the hallway, actively shooting down the hallway, just a barrage of bullets. And I'm staring at him thinking, why is the police here? This is strange, because he's in full metal garb helmet, face mask, bulletproof armor, shooting this rifle that I've never seen before. I don't know when... Now it did come up on... I think there's Jim Fetzer who said they may have been using simulated ammunition. But these stories are definitely not adding up, and this is Baaah. Hope somebody, his story is so powerful. You know, you talk about a mindset. After you put those Kevlar shields up for your classmates, you and some others grabbed two by fours and fire extinguishers ultimately, what are normally not weapons, became weapons in that moment. Talk about what you were prepared to do, and also you say you want to enter the military at some point. What is part of your mindset that made you prepared for that situation? Thank you. So once we had had the Kevlar shields in place, we grabbed the two by fours and the fire extinguisher. So my plan was to have my friend Zachary, he had a second two by four, and we had tipped two tables up, so that was his cover. I was along the wall next to the door, so if that door had opened, my plan was to strike the individual, and then another friend of mine, his name was John Carlo Carrera. I gave him the fire extinguisher, I said, spray that door. Just try to get as much as that fire extinguisher out, just so it kind of disorient him. From that point I asked him to please roll me the fire extinguisher, that way I could use it as a weapon. Go not, Plod. I really applaud your actions and your quick thinking and putting your training to work. And do you have a younger brother? That was the other thing that they got the brothers mixed up. They kept calling Nicholas Zach and so forth. Anyway, stay tuned, more to come soon.